I suck at miniature painting. Don't wanna get better. Army Painter Speedpaints 2.0 changed my life. 

SORRY TO MINIAC AND MIDWINTER

I went through a phase of trying to "always improve" at painting and it honestly just made me miserable. I'm now happy getting ARMIES done, and making the armies look as cool as possible. Everything counts in large amounts.

I often hear "table top" thrown out like it's a "low quality" paintjob. I don't agree. Table top is like being a scratch golfer. It really is a quality level of proficiency. No, it isn't Golden Demon. But there's a reason Golden Demon exists. It is a MUCH higher standard. It's as if completing a triathlon or marathon is failing because you don't place top 3. Table top quality really means you do a good job. It demonstrates that you are an active, proficient hobbyist. Great review, Wyloch- Thanks!

Speed paints helped me achieve my goal of being mediocre mini painter, I could not have done it without them.

I'd like to share my favorite speedpaint trick; Base coat in normal silver metallic, and then put a coat of speedpaint over it for instant metallic of any color. Because the speedpaint is translucent, the metallic effect shines through wonderfully. It also seems to reduce the "glittery" aspect of the micah powder without losing the luster. Personally, I think the metallic speedpaints in the 2.0 line are too watery and glittery, especially compared to the results you can get from this trick.

I love your painting space with the 2 archs of lights. And I gotta agree, theres something incredibly gratifying about seeing just a mass volume of minis.

Thank you for catering to me with your casual approach and unwillingness to try and master something that-- while still important to me- isn't AS important as learning the rules of a board game and ensuring I spend most of my time thinking about the GAME instead of painting plastic. This set seems PERFECT for people like you and me!

Tabletop quality paint jobs are underrated. Those paints do seem to streamline the process. I really like your use of color in your models and scenes, so the paints make it all look extra nice.

The look your daughter gave when you filmed her really reminded me of my daughter 😂 that look of 'dad, you're such a nuisance'. I'm yet to try any contrast paints, I want to but I'm still trying to get the hang of being consistent with normal acrylics, my tiny mind can only handle so much learning at once.

People really over stress painting your miniatures to insane levels. The truth is you can paint the most insanely detailed figure ever.... but from 3-5 feet away on the gaming table you will barely be able to tell the difference between a 30 minute speed paint job and a 6 hour ultra detailed model. Your mummies especially look great, better than most minis I have seen at a gaming table.

You can absolutely get better at applying speed paints too! I have been painting with speed paints for about a year and I can tell I've gotten better at it. Still waiting on my Complete Set of the 2.0 paints to come in. You did really well on all these models! They look great!

This is refreshing. It seems that the norm is to take painting as far as it can go, which is very fun, but sometimes you just need an army painted and good enough is good enough.

When I first thought about crafting, I found your videos. Here I am a few months later, and I'm almost done with a playable, two-story tavern/inn that's an absolute beast!

Kudos for the disparaging look from your daughter. Always good to see dad's being embarrassing on their kids.

Speedpaint got me through 110 minis for frostgrave in 3 weeks. I totally suck, but they still turned out. Love the stuff.

That video title is such a mood lol. Also, I've used the 2.0 speedpaints for a couple of months now and I can also sincerely recommend them

You’re not bad at painting bud! Just because you don’t paint competitively doesn’t mean you’re bad. I love watching you paint because you’re always creative and I love the results!

Oh, we have Lasse the Video Wizard now so Adam can focus on being ON camera and not BEHIND it. So expect videos to improve soon.

Cool. Thank you for sharing.

Wow, this is kinda convincing me to go try them out. My main holdover with contrast paints has always been that I don't want my models looking different then other ones in the same army but for future projects this seems killer!

Always a pleasure Wyloch!

I couldn't agree more with you here about this set :-) I bought one for myself, just to see what all the fuss was about, and cannot believe just how easy they are to use, how fast I can get a squad/army painted so quickly and nicely, and how much my painting skills have changed in just a short time (Just over a week, and I've painted a friend's ENTIRE Wood Elf army up, and squads for Kill Team for others). After over 50 years in the hobby, I'm now more excited than I was when I first started out, way back in 1970 :-D This hobby always brings me more joy and inspiration every day, which is why I've stayed loyal to it for so long, and will NEVER regret one single moment :-D

I appreciate your honesty.

I started painting for the first time about 2 months ago to get my group's Frosthaven minis "table ready." I never intended to try to be a pro or go really far with it, I just wanted them to look better than the drab out of the box gray. I started with regular acrylics, and my first couple of models were passable at best. Doing that right was going to take a lot of time. But then I tried out Speed Paints with the 1.0 starter set. I've been hooked on them ever since. The only problem is I have to keep telling my friends "I'm not that good at painting. This is just because of the product!" Once I learned the slap chop priming tech and went to all speed paints, it's been a dream. I'm getting exactly what I was hoping for - table ready minis and the actual painting only takes me 15-30 minutes. Now I have 50 ish bottles of Speedpaint 2.0 and I love it.

This was EXACTLY the video i needed to see, thank you for that!

I've seen your mini's and they look good in person.

This is probably the first video that made me wanna buy the complete set 😮 great results!

I'm impressed by your painting times. I've been using contrast paints for a while and it still takes me a while to get a model finished. I really hate being colourblind!

wow, this is actually really impressive, both the results and the tech of the paint itself

Unrelated to the paints but - I love that you've managed to get your kids into Battletech! Hell, TT in general really... I wish I'd been introduced to the whole concept a decade-plus before I actually was

They look great sir! Don't let yourself tell you any different.

Whatever works for you, it's all good 👍

Just picked up the speed paint 2.0 a couple days ago. Im with ya. Love the new paint.

I feel the same way! I am colorblind and choosing the right colors for highlights and shades was very difficult for me. These paints help so much. Thanks for the video.

That's great, Wyloch! Painting is a many splendored thing so I'm glad you found your favourite paints! 😊

So far I have only used craft paint to paint miniatures. Seeing miniatures painted in a few minutes seems really impressive. I might pick up some speed paints in the near future.

"Overwhelm the eye with sheer numbers and it looks past the quality issues" ABSOLUTELY TRUE. I know a lot of begineers burn themselves out trying to get their armies done by making sure every single one is neat, highlighted, shaded, all to perfection. When really, your opponent is just going to see a mass of fully-coloured dudes regardless of how well painted each of them are. Nobody is going to look at your 100 orc army and pick out the paint job of an individual guy, they're going to go "holy shit 100 painted orcs!"

I'm not a minis painter, but I am an action figure customizer, and the techniques and materials are the same. I haven't tried speed pushing on a 1/12 scale figure, I'm guessing it will less useful as the details are larger and not as tightly packed BUT I intend to at some point. I'm tempted by speed paints because frankly, I'm not a young dude any more, my fingers go numb on long paint jobs, my eyes don't always catch all the tiny sculpt details that could use a paint application, speed paint could, if it works at larger scale, make this process much quicker and easier

I've been thinking of trying speed paint. Opportunity cost doesn't come up with my miniatures as needing anything beyond table ready. Thanks for this. I'll pick some up soon.

that 1.0 was liquid gold if you get it save it. best paint to date especially the air brush capabilities and easy blending!

The first few tries I used the speedpaints I confess I've got a bit frustrates, but I soon understood that there is still a technique involved. Thanks for these video...

I mean the mummies just look gorgeous

Man, I could watch 10 more videos like this all about these paints

Dang, the models painted by your kids are super solid! Probably the best indicator of how well the paints perform. Someday I'll have to pick up some Speedpaints, but I should probably use of some of the paint I already have first. Seems like the perfect step after adding washes to the process.

I swear by the four foot rule, if it looks okay from four feet away, then it’s good enough for the table. One thing I learned with my first time with speedpaints is be careful what you prime them in, speedpaints are very transparent and will darken or be light based on the primer, I’ve got some very dark ogres now. And also be careful with the amounts your using at once, not too much not too little, as I find it can actually pool and spread downward if you use too much. That being said, start from the top and work down.

Welcome to battletech. You're going to love all the technical details in the game. And thanks for the vid on the speed paint.

It's good that there are options. Traditional painting is either for display purposes, or for people who enjoy the painting experience (kinda sorta me, but I use contrast for flesh). For people who just want to get their armies combat-ready, contrast-based paintjobs are more than enough. The three-foot rule reigns supreme. No wrong approach here.

funny enough, i started to paint the minis on my boardgames for the first time like 3 months ago and since i didn´t knew anything about it i went with speedpaints thinking on just having a decent looking mini on the table... a month later and the spark of actually learning to paint well was there and i moved to regular acrylic paints and barely use the speedpaints anymore. (Still use them for some stuff, still like them, but now i want to be able to get the effects by myself)

Wow, literally watched this video pop up in my subscriptions in real time. Gotta admit that's weird timing You make the new 2.0 paints look pretty good here. I wasn't super interested in them but a few of these colors caught my eye like that pinky magenta on your mummy and that red on the wings of that Flying Ray. The yellow is pretty impressive too 😯 And yeah, painting on video is HARD. My method is to set the focus on a certain point and distance, then try my hardest to stay there. It usually works, assuming I remember to stay in frame 🤣

Thanks for the video! Great to see you having fun and being motivated by this painting innovation!

I want to get into mini painting but it seems like their is so much you need and so much to learn i always feel intimidated.

I think that the Metallic Paints are supposed to go over a dark base. This video is a great advert for Speed Paints; the results look more than good enough to hit the tabletop.

I like the clear bases a lot.

You have me psyched as well! Thanks for sharing that it’s “okay to be okay.”

I like them battlemech battletech lances! lookin real fancy 🙂

Try silver on a gold area, then use the yellow speed paint on the silver. Boom Gold!

So, I’m just starting out in this part of the hobby very soon. I’ve been fighting for over five years and finally got my Social Security Disability. That’s my nest egg to jump in head first when the back pay check shows up, after I get out of the red with everything else of course. Been playing since there were no “Editions” and it was just AD&D. The “Good Old Days” of Ral Partha lead minis. I’m backing away a bit from DMing D&D, but I’ve always wanted to get into mini painting. I have a couple of friends that I’m talking into playing the Middle-Earth Battle Game. The Hobbit was my “Gateway” into the Fantasy World. First sitting on the floor watching it on TV in the 70’s, then reading it not long after I got my first library card. I’ve spent the better part of the last year watching your videos and Jeremy’s over on Black Magic. I think I have a handle on the terrain part, though I have yet to pick up a scrap of foam. Now I need to start figuring out the actual painting of the minis. I’ve picked up a few minis so far, but now I need to figure out how to paint them. I gotta tell you, I paused this video half way through and jumped on Amazon to look for these. This set is probably my next purchase. If not, it will be in the “Save for Later.” I have two Flying Nazgul (one will be the Witch King so I only need to buy seven more) and a Balrog staring at me, waiting for me to get a move on. One last thing on this essay. My wife, who thinks this is cool but doesn’t want to get into it herself, actually sat and watched your whole series of White Plume Mountain and Tomb of Horrors with me. That was the good comment. The “Bad” comment is you have some other builds that I really really really want to watch, but I can’t. I promised my DM. He’s currently running Out of the Abyss for us and we’re in Gracklstugh right now. We just met with Themberchaud and have walked past the Hold of the Deep King. I started watching your build of the Hold, until you told any of your players watching to stop. Hahaha. I stopped as well, but I really really really want to see how did it dammit! Thanks for these vids and all the advice.

Some easy DIY Battletech terrain maybe? Also, great vid. They also sped up my painting. Speed paints are absolutely worth it, and don't break the bank.

Great video! Thanks Wyloch.

I LOVE your channel, Wyloch. I'm glad you decided to come back.

I'm getting these, this video sold me on them. I like the process of painting my minis but I have so many of them and my hands tend to cramp an hour or two in. As long as these give me good results they can take my money! It'll leave me more time for making terrain (my true tabletop love) and world building.

I always dry brush my minis - love the dirty, worn look it gives.

Of all the speed/contrast paint videos I've watched, this one taught me the most lol. I was trying to be so precise, but you are getting the same results I get in a fraction of the time.

0:42 I have that same dragon born wyloch, and I'll be damn! No lie! I also painted him blue! Thanx for the hard work over the years brother! love your channel!

Tip for stopper bottles squeeze / pore at a 45 degree angle to prevent shaker ball explosion. I sadly learnt this through the same trial by exploding paint too.

I just started using speedpaints and that tip about overloading the brush really answered my confusion as to the creation of brushlines that everyone says is fixed by using them. Thanks! It feels so counterintuitive.

Wow, really great video in terms of production value. And it's pretty clear there's no going back to regular paints.

I use them like basecoats and I love that when you highlight them they reactivate and tone down the highlights.

Thanks for sharing. The new formulas look great!

I love the speed paints! 1:51 when you listed the mini painting youtubers you mixed up Miniac and Midwinter Minis. Just FYI

Slap-chop, contrast and speed paints totally changed my paint game too.

I got into the painting hobby just before the pandemic hit. I loved sitting down and relaxing to paint, but nearly every channel, well intentioned as they were, always shared videos focused on extremely well painted minis. It stressed me out to no end, and I really just wanted to get my minis a decent coat to look 'normal' at the game table. Speed Paints + Zenithel highlighting has taken so much stress and frustration since I picked them up. This really is one of those rare products that is a 'silver bullet'...at least for those just wanting consistently average minis.

I've found adding a basic zenithal primer helps a lot too! Making the recesses dark (instead of white/off-white) makes later steps easier as well.

I will buy some of these, too. It's not that I suck at painting. I had minis I invested hours of work into and they looked good to me (far from pro level, but good enough) but since we have a kid, my time is really limited and with these I could get some things done 😅

Getting armies painted and enjoying the hobby is whats most important! Getting your kids involved is fantastic!

I was trying to cut down on my hobby spending but you just sold me on this set.

I started with Speedpainting early last year as my first real run at mini painting and it's been great. I certainly don't do the ultra quick paint jobs you are talking about, but I'm pretty happy with I speed through in 30 minutes when I'm good with less quality and nothing that isn't huge goes over a couple hours. The nice thing is that you can put in more time on top of these (particularly with 2.0) when you want to do more detail work.

Your kids paint jobs look great, especially considering their age.

Kids and Battletech is perfect!

Thank you for the video! I did not know about pre-primed minis. I am considering getting into painting minis and that just tips the scale in favor of taking it on! Beautiful paint jobs. I am sure the kids enjoy it too!

Your kids' paint jobs look great! Especially for their age. Good job, Them.

I will have to look into these paints more.

It's about to get nuts!

Dude, thanks for putting this video out. I had the 1.0 line of Army Painter Speedpaints...and the video footage in your video here made it obvious to me that the 2.0 line fixed the few issues I had with them. Looks like I have to give Army Painter some more money once I finish remodeling my crafting room at the end of the month!

AP speedpaints are awesome! Indeed!

I ordered the complete set! Speed paints also changed the way I paint for the better and they really make me enjoy this simple way to paint. I was not good with all the layering. I use my acrylics for eyes, drybrush and highlights now.

Love these paints. Ive used both the 1.0 and now these, not much difference besides the bleeding and rubbing of some of the 1.0 paints. Thanks Wyloch!

Thanks for this video! I get intimidated by the pressure to always be improving, and that's led to me leaving some minis grey. It's nice to be reminded just how good a tabletop-ready mini actually looks with very little effort!

Good video. Absolutely amazed at how quick you can get a model done to that level with hese paints. They really are a game changer. Also, those mechs looked great in the end!

I see Battletech I hit like. I've used speedpaints and highlights on my mechs ever since speedpaints debuted. Love them. Easy to use without the weird blotchiness you can get with contrast paints.

Those look excellent! Thanks for the review.

The return on investment for results vs time spent is unquestionable. Great results throughout sir.

You can fix a mess up on a zenithal job but it’s tricky. I keep the base primer color handy and will mix it will my contrast/speed paint and test it on primed plastic until the tone matches the area I want to fix. Then I go and stipple it in gently over a few coats. It’s not always perfect but it’s totally doable with patience

Those look good! I'm on you with this; I paint for my models looking better on the table, not to win competitions! Whatever helps, I'll take. Also, painting is a hobby... shouldn't be torture! Thank you for keeping it real!

Feeding the algorithm. These new speed paints really look like magic. I too suck at painting. Well I can get decent looking minis but it takes me like 8h to get something that looks not too bad. And as a GM I don't have that much time to get everything I need ready on the table for every session.

You can mix your own speedpaints if you either buy their speedpaint medium or make it yourself with matte glaze medium, flow aid, and water. Acrylic inks give you better pigment density with these homemade paints but mixing regular acrylic paint will work too.

I'm kinda mad that I only recently bought their 1.0 set and then the new blend came out. My LGS has a rack of these new ones and I'm going to pick up some of the metallics. Another fun tip: prime a mini with silver, then the old blend( and probably the new blend) makes awesome metallics with even the regular speedpaint colors.

Great video. You don't have to be great at something to enjoy it, but these paints make me feel like I can paint way better than I actually can. I love the Army Painter stuff, speedpaints are definitely a must have to save time on minis so we can all make more terrain. Cheers mate.

Well done !!! All the minis look great.

Excellent review I’ve loved speed paints for a while but your review convince me I need to get the set on speed paint 2.0!